The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-26
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Modern farming is more and moro
becoming a ace for the survival Of
the fttest." The poor farmer must
'go." The good farmer only will b
able to hold out against competition. II
is a rule that is applicable to all
branches of industry Chicago Jour-
nal.
In 1900 pounds of the grain Of
wheat there are ISL ounes Of potash, Is
ounces of soda, 16 ounces of line, IS
onnces of magnesia, 2N ounces of
phosphoric acid, 80 nee of sulphur,
2 ounces of chlorine. 5 ounces of silica
and 528 ounce of nitrogen.-Boston
Budget.
-Whcn the flesh on a leg of mutton
shrinks back in cooking, leaving the
end Of the bone sticking out an inch or
so, it is Il sure sign that the animal was
not properly fed. The only good meat
of any kind is that which was made
from good feed and plenty of it.
Shrinking meat is too full of water.
Good meat is juicy and bears we'll
against heat. Fabby, watery meat al
ways shrinks.- ALBANY Journal
The turkey is one of the best pay
ing fowls the farmer can keep when
the surroundings are favorable.
Throughout the entire year turkeys are
salable in lesser quantities, for the city
hotels and restaurants chiefly, and
there is no common poultry. perhaps,
that will average the year through bet
ter or stcadier in price than these fine
fowls. N Y. Herald.
By commencing with mixed farm
ing and gradually advancing to special
crops, less mistakes are likely to be
made than if special crops are taken
up first, because in mixed farming only
small areas are devoted to each crop,
yet enough to test the value of each,
thus enabling the farmer to make .
judicious selection without suffering
the great loss he sometimes would by
| selecting one special crop, before he
has tested the quality of his soil or tho
correctness of his own knowledge Of
the best methods of growing and mar
kuting the crop.-san Francisco Caron-
ic1e.
1t may be surprising to some farm.
ers to be told that filling a horses rack
with hay, as some do, and permittinga
constant supply to remain before tho
animal, is one of the most probable
means of producing disease, and the
most positive in rendering the animal
unfit for fast work. Large supplies Of
hay have the effect of making the stom-
ach large and weak. Every body
knows, too. that the ventilation of tho
stable should be as perfect as possible,
| so that all the odors and gases will
have an opportunity to escape Vest
ern Rural.
Justice Magic, of the New Jersey
| Supreme Court, has ruled that no land
owner has a right to erect any wire
fence without taking into consideration
the natural habits of the animals that
are likely to be kept in the next field.
"thcir habits in their p~layfulness, their
disposition to break through and
that any fence which is likely, from the
habits of the animals, to produce in
jury to them is illegal, and the person
erecting it liable for the damage it does.
N. Y. Tribune.
The average farmer has contracted
the bad habit of buying land to let it
remain unproductive. Years ago, when
land was abundant and cheap, farmers
who did this made money by the in.
creasing values of all lands as the
country became settled. Nosuch pros
pect offers itself to the buyer of farms,
already as dear as they will warrant,
but which can be advanced in price
only by a policy which will increase
their productiveness. This can only be
done when the farmer keeps his busi-
ness we'll in hand, and thus avoids the
losses always incident to mismanage-
ment.-Montreal Witness.